Early Life
Daniel was born on June 8, 1941, in Austin, Texas, to Marion Price Daniel, Sr. and the former Jean Houston Baldwin, a member of both the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Price Sr. was a political legend in Texas, having served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, as United States Senator at the time of Price Jr.'s birth, and later as Governor of Texas, followed by Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. Uncle William Partlow Daniel, brother of Price Sr., was a lawyer in Liberty, Texas, who had served in the Texas House of Representatives and had been appointed Governor of the U.S. Territory of Guam by President John F. Kennedy.
Price Jr. was a great-great-great-grandson of Sam Houston. Daniel was raised in Austin and followed the political career of his father. By age twelve, he was making speeches on his father’s behalf. He graduated from Austin High School in 1959, Baylor University in 1964, and Baylor Law School in 1966. While at Baylor, Daniel started a mail-order book business that specialized in rare books of Texas history.
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